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Landscape was formed in 1974 with

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(vocals, drums), Christopher Heaton (keyboards), Andy Pask (bass), Peter Thoms (trombone, keyboards), and John Walters (keyboards, woodwinds). The band built a following through live performances and touring before releasing their debut album ''

'' in 1980. Their next album in 1981, '' From the Tea-Rooms of Mars...to the Hell-Holes of Uranus'' led to the top 5 UK hit "Einstein A-Go-Go". Their third album in 1982, '' Manhattan Boogie-Woogie'' was well received as a dance album. After release of this album, Heaton and Thoms left the band and it became the trio Landscape III, which disbanded in 1984. After Landscape broke up, Thoms went into sessions work, appearing with various artists, including

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's 1984 album ''The Flat Earth'' and toured with Dolby that year playing trombone. He currently serves as a Sessions Official at the Musicians' Union's head office in Britain.

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